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Three hundred CCI Mini-Mag 22 LR HP copper plated hollow point rifle cartridges. FIREARMS CERTIFICATE REQUIRED. WE CANNOT POST AMMUNITION.

A box of collectors shotgun cartridges, 12 bore to include Enterprise by Watson & Co London, Halcon Extra, Express, Rostfrei, Eley Grand Prix with a brown case, The Challenge head stamped Watson & Co London, BSA, Chartley Estates, The Highlander by Linsley Brothers Leeds, Dacre Son & Hartley Land & Estate Agents, The Cherwell by Brackley Gunsmith etc. SHOTGUN CERTIFICATE REQUIRED. WE CANNOT POST AMMUNITION.

+/- One hundred and sixty Gamebore White Gold competition load 12 bore shotgun cartridges, shot Size 8, 21 gram, 65 mm fibre wad. SHOTGUN CERTIFICATE REQUIRED. WE CANNOT POST AMMUNITION.

One hundred cal 308 Winchester American Eagle 150 grain full metal jacket, boat tail rifle cartridges. FIREARMS CERTIFICATE REQUIRED. WE CANNOT POST AMMUNITION.

Sixty 12 bore shotgun cartridges, to include 25 Lyalvale Express Max Game, 70 mm, 36 gram BB shot plastic wad. SHOTGUN CERTIFICATE REQUIRED. WE CANNOT POST AMMUNITION.

One hundred American Eagle cal 223 Remington, 50 grain, flat base hollow point rifle cartridges. FIREARMS CERTIFICATE REQUIRED. WE CANNOT POST AMMUNITION.

Fourteen 20 bore paper and plastic cased cartridges, to include Eley, Holland & Holland and a box of twenty five Eley Grand Prix waterproof 16 bore cartridges, BB shot. SHOTGUN CERTIFICATE REQUIRED. WE CANNOT POST AMMUNITION.

Three hundred Hull cartridge 28 bore shotgun cartridges, for game and clay, 65 mm, 18 gram, 6 shot, fibre wad. SHOTGUN CERTIFICATE REQUIRED. WE CANNOT POST AMMUNITION.

+/- One hundred and sixty 410 shotgun cartridges, various sizes to include 3" and 2 1/2", together with fifteen 28 bore shotgun cartridges, loaded with No. Size 6 Bismuth. SHOTGUN CERTIFICATE REQUIRED. WE CANNOT POST AMMUNITION.

Two hundred and fifty Eley Hawke Crown Squire shotgun cartridges, marked with a label to the box "Temporary Pack", 12 bore, 28 gram, 1 ounce load, No. 8 shot. SHOTGUN CERTIFICATE REQUIRED. WE CANNOT POST AMMUNITION.

One hundred cal 308 Winchester American Eagle 150 grain full metal jacket, boat tail rifle cartridges. FIREARMS CERTIFICATE REQUIRED. WE CANNOT POST AMMUNITION.

Five hundred Remington Target cal 22 LR rifle cartridges, round nose. FIREARMS CERTIFICATE REQUIRED. WE CANNOT POST AMMUNITION.

Seventy four 20 bore shotgun cartridges, various makes to include The Derwent by John Ferguson Gunsmith 1 & 3 Fisher Street Workington, plastic cases. SHOTGUN CERTIFICATE REQUIRED. WE CANNOT POST AMMUNITION.

Five hundred Hull cartridge Pro fibre 12 bore shotgun cartridges, 7 1/2 shot, 70 mm chamber, 28 gram fibre wad. SHOTGUN CERTIFICATE REQUIRED. WE CANNOT POST AMMUNITION.

Two hundred and fifty Gamebore 12 bore shotgun cartridges, to include Blue Diamond and Evo. Shot sizes and weights. SHOTGUN CERTIFICATE REQUIRED. WE CANNOT POST AMMUNITION.

Two hundred and seventy five 12 bore shotgun cartridges, to include two hundred and fifty Gamebore Super Game High Bird cartridges, 6 shot, 24 gram, 50 mm case, felt wad. SHOTGUN CERTIFICATE REQUIRED. WE CANNOT POST AMMUNITION.

Three boxes plus a part box of Eley VIP Bismuth 20 bore shotgun cartridges, 28 gram No. 5, 70 mm, together with a collection of paper and plastic cased 20 bore shotgun cartridges, to include Hull cartridge, Eley Etc. SHOTGUN CERTIFICATE REQUIRED. WE CANNOT POST AMMUNITION.

A quantity of 12 and 24 bore shotgun cartridges, the 12 bore by Westley Richards and to include the A.L.P cartridges, Westley Richards Special etc, the 24 bores by Eley Kynoch gas tight cases, all housed in a Stanhope Products company case assembly box. SHOTGUN CERTIFICATE REQUIRED. WE CANNOT POST AMMUNITION.

One hundred Lyalvale 410 shotgun cartridges, 3", 16 gram, No 6 shot plastic wad. SHOTGUN CERTIFICATE REQUIRED. WE CANNOT POST AMMUNITION.

One hundred and twenty five 28 bore shotgun cartridges, fifty Gamebore traditional game cartridges, No 6 shot,16 gram, 65 mm fibre wad and seventy five 2 3/4" plas wad, one ounce, No 6 shot. SHOTGUN CERTIFICATE REQUIRED. WE CANNOT POST AMMUNITION.

Two 4 bore shotgun cartridges, one head marked Kynoch Birmingham No. 4, together with a Marshall diesel engine starter cartridge and a Type 50C starter cartridge for a Donkey Engine excavator. SHOTGUN CERTIFICATE REQUIRED. WE CANNOT POST AMMUNITION.

A box containing one hundred and twenty six 12 bore collectors shotgun cartridges, paper and plastic cases to include The Economist by Heelis, J Strong & Son Carlisle, The Swift by Linsley Brothers Leeds, Armstrongs Gas Tight Newcastle on Tyne, The Don Milburn & Son Brampton, Royal by John MacPhearson & Son Inverness, AEC Rook Cartridge, The Knoxall by Milburn & Son Brampton, London by Trent Grimsby, Kuvert by CS Rossen & Co Norwich etc. SHOTGUN CERTIFICATE REQUIRED. WE CANNOT POST AMMUNITION.

A lockable aluminium ammunition case (aircraft compliant), with key and a folding stool.

A collection of full and part boxes of shotgun cartridges, 12 bore to include Record Game cartridges by Baikal, Gamebore Hitech, Eley Field Special 36 gram etc. SHOTGUN CERTIFICATE REQUIRED. WE CANNOT POST AMMUNITION.

A mixed lot of firearm ammunition, to include 22 LR Rimfire, 270 Winchester, Eley London 500, FIREARMS CERTIFICATE REQUIRED. WE CANNOT POST AMMUNITION.

One hundred Lyalvale Express hunting steel 12 shotgun cartridges, 70 mm, 32 gram, shot size 4, plastic wad. SHOTGUN CERTIFICATE REQUIRED WE CANNOT POST AMMUNITION.

A box of twenty five 410 shotgun cartridges, various makes. SHOTGUN CERTIFICATE REQUIRED. WE CANNOT POST AMMUNITION.

One hundred and seventy nine Eley Tenex cal 22 LR rifle cartridges. FIREARMS CERTIFICATE REQUIRED. WE CANNOT POST AMMUNITION.

Three Eley GP paper case cartridges 12 bore, the end caps marked A Ward Thompson Middlesborough. SHOTGUN CERTIFICATE REQUIRED. WE CANNOT POST AMMUNITION.

Thirty eight cal 223 rifle cartridges, in a blue plastic box. FIREARMS CERTIFICATE REQUIRED. WE CANNOT POST AMMUNITION.

A box lot of collectors cartridges, 12 bore to include Eley trap shooting cartridge, Sporting Life by WW Greener London & Birmingham, Pneumatic Cartridge Company Edinburgh etc. SHOTGUN CERTIFICATE REQUIRED. WE CANNOT POST AMMUNITION.

+/- One hundred and twenty five 20 bore shotgun cartridges, to include Eley VIP Game. SHOTGUN CERTIFICATE REQUIRED. WE CANNOT POST AMMUNITION.

A 9 mm garden gun with 24" barrel, bolt action and fitted with a 13 3/4" lop pistol grip stock including steel butt plate, sold together with fifty rounds of 9 mm ammunition. Serial No. 260714. SHOTGUN CERTIFICATE REQUIRED. WE CANNOT POST AMMUNITION.

One hundred + collectors shotgun cartridges, plastic cased to include The Monarch by AG Gibb Culter Cargill PLC Agricultural Division, Peter Coppin Firearms Alford etc. SHOTGUN CERTIFICATE REQUIRED. WE CANNOT POST AMMUNITION.

A box containing sixty 16 bore shotgun cartridges, paper and plastic cases to include The Allan Cartridge by Arthur Allan Ltd Glasgow, The Nomis by Geoff Wilson Practical Gunsmith Carlisle, The Gun Club Emson & Son Essex, The Clyde by A Kerr Hamilton, Camroyd Galleon & Sons Peterborough Kings Lynn Cambridge, Trap & Game Cartridges from Steve Smith Newcastle, The Eildon by A Walter Lilliesleaf Melrose Roxburghsire, Cumbria Firearms Ulverston, Admiral by William Powell & Son Birmingham. SHOTGUN CERTIFICATE REQUIRED. WE CANNOT POST AMMUNITION.

Two hundred and forty four Bornaghi 20 bore shotgun cartridges, 21 gram, 7 1/2 shot fibre wad. SHOTGUN CERTIFICATE REQUIRED. WE CANNOT POST AMMUNITION.

A box of eighty 12 bore shotgun collectors cartridges, to include Portland Special Cartridge by A Kerr Hamilton, Clyde Cartridge by A Kerr Hamilton, Turners Red Rapid by Thomas Turner & Sons Reading, Classic by Ward Thompson Stockton on Tees, John Green Gunsmith Melton Mowbray, The Webster Cartridge West End Gun Company Morcambe, The Roedich by CS Rossen & Co Norwich, The J Gaynor Cartridge by Gaynor 4 Kelsick Road Ambleside. SHOTGUN CERTIFICATE REQUIRED. WE CANNOT POST AMMUNITION.

One hundred and twenty American Eagle cal 223 Remington, 50 grain, flat base hollow point rifle cartridges. FIREARMS CERTIFICATE REQUIRED. WE CANNOT POST AMMUNITION.

A military green wooden phone transport box and 303 ball mark 7 ammunition box.

A Vintage Ammunition Box Converted to Tool Box, 87cms Wide

GI Joe wooden Ammunition and Accessories Kit box - dark green wood with printed top, card printed inlay and plastic tray with various weapons, boots, caps and accessories, Fair to Good (some scuffs) contents appear Good to Excellent - not checked for correctness.

Umarex cal 4.5 BB air rifle, 97 cm long, with ammunition and sight

Umarex cal 4.5 air pistol with ammunition

An assorted mix of collectables including cigarette cards, an album of stamps from around the world, Waddington's playing cards, Royal Stafford Silver Jubilee dish, Kodak Brownie 127, a small quantity of fountain pens, ammunition box etc.

Nerf - A selection of unboxed Nerf Weapons to include a Thunderbow(43321A8768), an X-shot(DG170724) and an Elite Demolisher 2 in 1(849441821). The items appear to be in very good to excellent condition except for the Demolisher 2 in 1 which is missing its battery cover. Also in this lot is a Nerf ammunition vest and a a bag of foam bullets. (This does not constitute a guarantee) RG

Modelist Made Terminator Figure & three large ammunition shells

A bolt action .22 Rifle (made in Czech Republic, CZ 452-2E, ZKM), serial no. 872339 with sound moderator and sights, 49 1/2'' long overall, 24 3/4'' barrel. (magazine in office).****ALL WEAPONS AND/OR AMMUNITION MUST BE COLLECTED IN PERSON - NO POSTAGE. PLEASE NOTE THAT A CURRENT APPROPRIATE GUN LICENCE WILL BE REQUIRED AND IS TO BE PRODUCED TO THE AUCTIONEERS AT THE TIME OF COLLECTION, WHICH SHOULD BE BY PRIOR ARRANGEMENT.

Seven boxes of 20 bore cartridges including two of High Pheasant and five of Challenge Tunet.****ALL WEAPONS AND/OR AMMUNITION MUST BE COLLECTED IN PERSON - NO POSTAGE. PLEASE NOTE THAT A CURRENT APPROPRIATE GUN LICENCE WILL BE REQUIRED AND IS TO BE PRODUCED TO THE AUCTIONEERS AT THE TIME OF COLLECTION, WHICH SHOULD BE BY PRIOR ARRANGEMENT.

80 rounds of .22 bullets.****ALL WEAPONS AND/OR AMMUNITION MUST BE COLLECTED IN PERSON - NO POSTAGE. PLEASE NOTE THAT A CURRENT APPROPRIATE GUN LICENCE WILL BE REQUIRED AND IS TO BE PRODUCED TO THE AUCTIONEERS AT THE TIME OF COLLECTION, WHICH SHOULD BE BY PRIOR ARRANGEMENT.

11 boxes of 12 Bore shotgun cartridges.****ALL WEAPONS AND/OR AMMUNITION MUST BE COLLECTED IN PERSON - NO POSTAGE. PLEASE NOTE THAT A CURRENT APPROPRIATE GUN LICENCE WILL BE REQUIRED AND IS TO BE PRODUCED TO THE AUCTIONEERS AT THE TIME OF COLLECTION, WHICH SHOULD BE BY PRIOR ARRANGEMENT.

A military ammunition Box.

TOY CANNON & LIMBER, APPEARS TO BE A 12 POUND NAPOLEAN, these are made to scale probably by a soldier during the CW while in camp for his children. The length of cannon & carriage is 10” while the ammunition limber is 10 ½”, the 6” brass barrel can fire!, the wooden spokes / wheels have iron trim, w/ a ram rod, has period green paint, limber lacks its seat, unique, G+

WW2 GERMAN AMMUNITION TIN, good example of a metal ammunition tin which has been painted in a tropical sand color finish, probably post WW2.

WW2 GERMAN K98 AMMUNITION POUCHES, miss-matched paid or leather K98 ammunition pouches. Both with stampings to the reverse, one dated 1941. (2 items)

Three: Gunner R. Doel, Royal Garrison Artillery, who died of disease on the Western Front on 5 April 1915 1914 Star (146 Gnr: R. Doel. R.G.A.); British War and Victory Medals (SR-146 Gnr. R. Doel. R.A.); Memorial Plaque (Richard Doel) the plaque pierced at 12 o’clock, nearly extremely fine (4) £120-£160 --- Richard Doel was born in Plymouth in 1876 and served on the Western Front with No. 109 Heavy Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery, from 22 September 1914. Transferred to the Lahore Divisional Ammunition Column, he suffered a bout of enteric fever and died on 5 April 1915. He is buried in Wimereux Communal Cemetery, France.

A Crimean War C.B. group od seven awarded to Vice Admiral Arthur Parry Eardley-Wilmot, C.B., Royal Navy The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, C.B. (Military) Companion’s breast badge, 22 carat gold and enamels, hallmarked London 1815, maker’s mark ‘TD’ over ‘HD’ for Thomas and Henry Davies, fitted with later silver-gilt ribbon buckle; Naval General Service 1793-1840, 1 clasp, Syria (A. P. E. Wilmot, Lieut. R.N.); Baltic 1854-55, unnamed as issued; Crimea 1854-56, 1 clasp, Sebastopol, unnamed as issued; Ottoman Empire, Order of the Medjidie, 3rd Class neck badge converted for breast wear, silver, gold and enamel; St. Jean d’Acre 1840, silver-gilt; Turkish Crimea, Sardinian issue, the first with one or two very minor blemishes to enamel, light contact marks but generally good very fine (7) £4,000-£5,000 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- Arthur Parry Eardley-Wilmot was born in April 1815, the fourth son of Sir John Eardley-Wilmot, Bart., M.P. for Warwickshire, and Governor of Van Diemen's Land, and entered the Royal Naval College in 1828. He joined H.M.S. Wolf, fitting for the East Indies, in 1830 as a 1st Class Volunteer, and subsequently saw active service against the Malay Pirates and in the blockade of the fortress of Quedah. In 1832 he was at Canton when the Chinese 'first displayed the symptoms of insolence and aggression'. He returned to England in October of the latter year as Midshipman in the Crocodile, and next joined Sir William Parker's Flagship, Asia, at Lisbon where he witnessed the expulsion of Don Miguel from Portugal during the Civil War with Don Pedro. Having passed for Mate in 1833, he visited 'the South Sea Islands, protecting British interests in the Sandwich Islands, the missionary interests at Marquesas, and the peace and good order in the Rio de la Plata'. During this latter commission a group of islands was discovered and named after the Actaeon. Promoted Lieutenant in July 1840, he was appointed to the Powerful the following November, and, under Commodore Sir Charles Napier, served off Syria and in the blockade of Alexandria. In the Wolverine he sailed for China, and was employed at the close of the Opium War in the blockade of the Canton River. He then served as Flag-Lieutenant to William Parker in the Cornwallis on the East Indies Station and in the Hibernia in the same capacity in the Mediterranean. Advanced to Commander in 1847 he was nominated acting Captain of the Spartan off the coast of Syria and then second Captain of the Superb. In 1851 he was appointed Commander of the Brig Harlequin, and, as there was no standard uniform for sailors at that time, he followed the lead of other Captains who dressed their crew, particularly the crew of the gig boats, according to their own taste. Wilmot's gig, manned by 'multi-coloured Harlequins', was consequently never hard to make out. In the Harlequin Wilmot distinguished himself in anti-slavery operations on the coast of West Africa, where he made several treaties, and subsequently received from the King of Dahomey, as 'a tribute of esteem and friendship', an ornamental purple velvet Cap and Silver Staff in the form of an alligator Fetish. In December 1853 The Illustrated London News wrote of this prize, 'The Staff is an emblem of high rank, and gives to the possessor the title of Great Chief. Whenever the person carrying the Staff is seen, the natives fall prostrate upon the ground, and, according to the homage paid to Royalty, throw dirt over their heads ...' Promoted Captain in 1854, Wilmot went aboard the Royal William (Captain Kingcome) as a volunteer for operations in the Baltic ending with the capture of Bomarsund. At Fort Nott, 'owing to the truce having expired', he was taken prisoner but the Russians chivalrously agreed to release him and he returned home in the Royal William to take command of the Paddle Steamer Sphinx, destined, with a cargo of ammunition and explosives, for Sebastopol. Commended in numerous despatches and created a C.B. for services in the Crimea, especially for organising the expedition to Kertch and superintending the landing of the Turkish army at Eupatoria. He was appointed in 1862 Captain of the wooden Corvette Rattlesnake, in which he was instructed to hoist the Broad Pennant of Commodore on the West Coast of Africa, where he spent the next four years stamping out the slave trade. On his return to England he was nominated a Naval A.D.C. and appointed Superintendent of Deptford Dockyard until his promotion to Rear-Admiral in 1870. On 2 October of that year he was appointed Second-in-Command of the Channel Fleet under Admiral Wellesley and hoisted his flag on board the Agincourt. In 1871 during a visit to Gibraltar, the Agincourt, leading the inshore Squadron, ran on the Pearl Rock and became stranded, causing considerable comment and controversy at the time. The mishap proved 'a deathblow' to Wilmot's seagoing career, and he retired as Vice-Admiral on 18 June 1876. He was author of The Midshipman’s Friend, or Hints from the Cockpit, 1845; Manning the Navy, 1849; and Complete and Universal Dictionary of Signals, 1849. He died at Torquay on 2 April 1886.

A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.C. group of four awarded to Lieutenant C. A. Trimm, Royal Field Artillery Military Cross, G.V.R., reverse privately engraved ‘Awarded to Lieut C. A. Trimm R.F.A. Sept. 1917. Presented by King George V. July 31st. 1919.’; British War and Victory Medals (Lieut. C. A. Trimm.); Defence Medal, mounted court-style, nearly extremely fine (4) £600-£800 --- M.C. London Gazette 18 October 1917: ‘For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty when the battery position was being heavily shelled. The camouflage of two guns caught fire, and this officer at once ran out and, filling buckets from adjacent shell holes, succeeded, in extinguishing the fire, although the sandbags around the guns had caught alight. After he had got under cover he saw that an ammunition dump had been hit and was alight, and he, accompanied by a gunner, again went out to extinguish the fire.’ Charles Algernon Trimm was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the Royal Field Artillery Special Reserve on 23 December 1916 and served with the Artillery during the Great War on the Western Front from 30 March 1917, being awarded the Military Cross for his gallantry in September 1917. Promoted Lieutenant on 23 June 1918, he saw further service during the Second World War with the Surrey Army Cadet Force as part of the Territorial Army Reserve of Officers.

Family Group: Pair: Captain F. C. Mower, M.C., Royal Field Artillery, who was twice mentioned in despatches and awarded the Military Cross British War and Victory Medals (Capt. F. C. Mower.) very fine and better Army L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. (60165 F.S. Sjt: G. Mower. R.F.A.) good very fine (3) £80-£100 --- M.C. London Gazette 3 June 1918. Frederick Charles Mower was born in Mitford, Norfolk, in 1874. Appointed to a commission as Second Lieutenant in the East Anglian Divisional Ammunition Column in May 1915, he served during the Great War on the Western Front from November 1915 and was twice Mentioned in Despatches (London Gazettes 18 May 1917 and 11 December 1917). Further decorated with the Military Cross, his MIC confirms entitlement to a 1914-15 Star and Silver War Badge.

The Memorial Plaque to Able Seaman E. H. Coase, Royal Navy, who was killed in the H.M.S. Glowworm explosion on the Dvina River on 25 August 1919 Memorial Plaque 1914-18 (Edward Henry Coase) extremely fine £140-£180 --- Edward Henry Coase was born in Devonport on 5 October 1896 and enlisted into the Royal Navy as a Boy Second Class on 28 March 1912. He entered the War serving on the battleship Centurion, in which he was promoted to Ordinary Seaman in October 1914 and Able Seaman in June 1915. He then served at Vivid I from November 1915 to July 1916, before joining the gunboat Glowworm, based on Halcyon,from July 1916 to September 1918, and subsequently: Pembroke II, from October 1918; Monitor 25, from October 1918 to May 1919; and Fox, June 1919 to August 1919. Able Seaman Coase was killed on 25 August 1919 ‘as a result of the blowing up of an ammunition lighter.’ On the night of 25 August 1919, the gunboats Glowworm and Cockchafer were proceeding down the Dvina River to relieve Cricket and Cicala as part of the advance guard on R.N. gunboats operating on the Dvina. As the Glowworm and Cockchafer neared Bereznik, the watch on the Glowworm spotted a barge on fire mid-river. The Mercantile Marine Reserve and Russian crew of Army barge NT326 Edinburgh had raked out the galley fire as usual before heading to their hammocks for the night. Closer to midnight, two of the crew awoke to find the aft cabin ablaze. Unable to stem the flames, some of the crew fled the barge in a small boat. The crew of the barge had good reason to flee the inferno as they knew what Commander Green onboard Glowworm did not: that the barge was being used to transport ammunition and was loaded with 70 tons of explosive. As Commander Green brought the Glowworm alongside, nose towards the blazing barge, the crew of the gunboat rushed with hoses to fire-stations on the fore-deck in preparation to put out the conflagration. Many of Glowworm’s crew not involved in fighting the fire crowded the fore-deck to watch the brilliant bonfire before them. As the crew of Glowworm began to fight the fire, the Cockchafer, some distance away, began to manoeuvre to approach the barge from another direction. A crowd had gathered ashore of men observing the spectacle. The crowd watched in horror as a huge wall of flame rose into the calm night sky. Soon after there was another explosion and several smaller ones after that. It is unknown how many of Glowworm’s crew died in the initial explosions, but by now it must have been apparent to Commander Green that he had brought his ship alongside a blazing ammunition barge. A few minutes later an enormous flash blanketed the countryside. Seconds later the deafening roar and shock wave of the explosion ripped through air sending debris up to a mile away. Slowly, as those on the shore began to regain their senses, rescue teams hastily cobbled together began to make their way towards Glowworm in whatever vessels they could find. As the rescue teams boarded Glowworm, they could not believe the devastation that awaited them. The entire superstructure seemed to be scorched and bent; debris and the remains of the crew lay everywhere. The fore-deck had suffered the most damage being closest to the explosion. All of the fire-fighting crews had been wiped out whilst manning their hoses. As rescuers came across wounded sailors they carried them to the relatively undamaged after-deck and lay them in rows for the medical staff to attend to. Commander Green was found on the bridge mortally wounded, surrounded by the bodies of other officers and sailors who had been killed outright in the explosion. He was evacuated to the hospital barge which moored alongside the smoking Glowworm, but did not regain consciousness and died an hour later. In the meantime Cockchafer, under Commander Preston Thomas, had come to her stricken sister ship’s aid. She lit the ship with her searchlights to aid the rescue efforts whilst coming alongside. From the bridge of Cockchafer, Commander Thomas directed the rescue crews through a megaphone. The following day, the full scale of the tragedy became apparent. Onboard Glowworm, 23 officers and men had been killed, and another 15 had been wounded. Additionally, two Mercantile Marine Reserve men and two Russian seamen onboard a nearby ammunition barge had been killed by flying debris and three other Mercantile Marine Reserve men wounded. It was the largest loss of life suffered on a single day by the Royal Navy in North Russia in 1918-19. The damage to Glowworm was significant. She was towed back to Archangel to be refitted and repaired and was able to make her way back to England under her own steam, but she was too worn out to continue service and was paid off almost as soon as she arrived back at Chatham on 18 November 1919 and was eventually scrapped in 1921.

Three: Driver S. J. Baldwin, Royal Field Artillery, who was killed in action on 23 October 1915 when his troopship the Marquette was torpedoed and sunk en route to Salonika, laden with fellow artillerymen and members of the New Zealand Army Nursing Service and New Zealand Medical Corps 1914-15 Star (8842 Dvr: S. J. Baldwin. R.F.A.); British War and Victory Medals (8842 Dvr. S. J. Baldwin R.A.) good very fine (3) £70-£90 --- Sidney James Baldwin served with the 29th Division Ammunition Column and died in the eastern Mediterranean when the H.T. Marquette was torpedoed and sunk by an enemy submarine on 23 October 1915. The Navy Museum of New Zealand adds a little more detail: ‘At 9 a.m. the Marquette was hit by a torpedo from the new heavyweight German submarine No. 35 (U-35) and rapidly listed to port. Those not killed in the explosion moved quickly to put on lifebelts and moved to lifeboat stations to abandon ship. One lifeboat on the port side fell onto another killing and injuring many. Many being lowered in boats on the starboard side were tipped out into the sea. Only one boat left the Marquette with nurses aboard. The ship sank within ten minutes with still several men and four nurses on deck. Two of those nurses survived despite being sucked under the water by the sinking ship.’ Driver Baldwin is commemorated upon the Mikra Memorial in Greece; sold with original letter of transmittal for 1914-15 Star addressed to ‘Mr. W. Baldwin, Clay Hill, Wigginton, Tring, Herts.’